Chapter 116: Ding Qingzhou will meet Kong Rong
Zhang Bin's Iron Cavalry, who defeated Qianghu, Gongsun Du and the alien coalition with cavalry on the grassland, is now even more terrifying than their Xiliang cavalry;
If they offended Zhang Bin, they knew they were not their opponents. They were originally glad that Zhang Bin was fighting against a foreign race. If Zhang Bin turned around and beat them, Chang'an would have no other way except to give in.
"What should I do?" Li Kui looked at Jia Xu and asked.
Jia Xu smiled gloomyly:
"Issuing an order for the general of Zhendong to pacify Qingzhou and let Cao Mengde pacify Yanzhou. In this way, Zhang Bin's army enters south of the Yellow River, just restrain it so as to prevent Cao Mengde from becoming a big shot. Anyway, Zhang Bin's power is already large, so we can choose to ignore it."
Jia Xu's plan is not inconsistent with his personality. Zhang Bin is the biggest prince anyway, so it doesn't matter if he is bigger. If Cao Mengde is allowed to occupy Qingzhou and Yanzhou, and to the south of Sizhou, which is unguarded, once he seizes Xuzhou and Yanzhou, that force will not be smaller than Zhang Bin;
At that time, Chang'an will be trapped under two major forces, even if they have the emperor and officials in their hands, and they will fight each other for each other, Jia Xu will still be worried that he will lose his life unexpectedly.
Now that Zhang Bin crosses the Yellow River, even if Cao Mengde has the ability to defiance the will of heaven, he would not dare to provoke Zhang Bin. Then Chang'an will be able to remain stable for a while.
Jia Xu's words were deeply trusted by Guo Sili, and the two immediately asked for an order to ask Cao Cao to work with Bao Xin to pursue and suppress the Yellow Turbans in Yanzhou, while the general Zhang Bin of Zhendong commanded the Qingzhou army to clean up a place in Qingzhou.
Cao Cao and Bao Xin pursued and suppressed the Yellow Turbans in Yanzhou. However, what was unexpected was that the Yellow Turban Army fled and fled directly into Qingzhou. In just over a month, the two left less than half of the Yellow Turban Army in Yanzhou. With such great achievements, Cao Cao was named General Zhendong, and Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei who did not die due to the accident, was also named General Zhengdong;
With a slight change in development, Cao Cao occupied half of Yanzhou, and Bao Xin also occupied half of Yanzhou. After tens of thousands of Yanzhou Yellow Turban Army merged with the other Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou, Zhang Bin and others who had just arrived in Qingzhou received the surrender of Qingzhou Qushou Guan Hai.
Without sending a soldier from Jizhou, Zhang Bin slowly entered Qingzhou from Xuzhou. As soon as he arrived in Qingzhou, the 300,000 Yellow Turban Army and more than 2 million families surrendered directly. This battle was shocked by the court.
Except for the senior leaders of the Yellow Turban Army, no one knew what was going on. Everything started with Zhang Bin rescuing the 80,000 elite Yellow Turbans of Guangzong. As Zhang Jiao's nephew and son-in-law, he was also a son-in-law. With Ma Yuanyi, the Yellow Turban envoy, Guan Hai and others had known who Zhang Bin was. This time, the Yellow Turban Uprising was carried out under Zhang Bin's planning, with the purpose of gathering young and strong people from Yanzhou, Qingzhou to prepare to control Qingzhou next.
After the 300,000 Yellow Turban Army cut the remaining 100,000 infantry troops, Ma Yuanyi, Liao Hua and Cao Xing rushed to Qingzhou for training. The remaining 200,000 young and strong people and two million hungry people began to open up land and farm under the government's assignment. The government provided seeds, farm tools and food. With the same treatment as north of the Yellow River, refugees in Qingzhou began to implement this.
With the rapid publicity, countless tenant farmers also left the aristocratic landlords and began to open up land. In just over a month, the situation in Qingzhou began to change drastically.
Zhang Bin made great contributions, but General Zhendong was already a first-rank military general. Guo Si and Li Gui and others discussed for a long time, and then they asked for an order to change General Zhendong to General Jianwei, and wait a little longer to hold the rank and axe to pacify the military in the world.
If according to the other princes' ideas, Zhang Bin, who had commanded hundreds of thousands of troops in the four continents, could start to fight for dominance in the world, but Zhang Bin didn't think so. He wanted to have a stable rear, instead of letting the people fight everywhere when they were not full. Moreover, Zhao Yun had just destroyed the Three Hans, and hundreds of thousands of stick-girls were sent to the mainland to be betrothed soldiers;
He needs to settle for a while, and after the army is integrated, he will destroy the Qiang, Hu and Xianbei, so that he will have time to advance the Central Plains to take over the world in one go.
In Qingzhou City, Qingzhou District, Kong Rong, the prefect of Beihai who had just been appointed as the governor of Qingzhou, met Zhang Bin for the first time. There was an old woman beside her. After a while of greeting, Zhang Bin looked at Kong Rong and said:
"I heard for a long time that Kong Wenju is kind and honest. Although Zhang Bin is not talented, he still needs Wenju's help. General Ma Yuanyi of Qingzhou and General Chen Gong of Qingzhou will serve as your helper to control the place. Those unkind and unrighteous families will be resolutely eliminated, and those benevolent or unfair families will follow my previous arrangements."
Kong Rong was a literati, and his role was to gather more scholars for Zhang Bin. Just like Cai Yong, who cultivated talents for Zhang Bin in Jizhou, their role was more on ordinary scholars, rather than those noble families. He nodded and said:
"Wen Ju will definitely follow the order of the general. It is reported that the general has commanded more than 500,000 troops, which is the largest prince in the world. But why didn't the general fight to Chang'an to save the emperor and the officials?"
"Brother Wenju, your ancestors were Confucius, and the Master passed down seventy-two disciples, each of whom was both literary. But do you know why Confucianism makes people obey discipline, and the world is still messy in the end?" Zhang Bin smiled without answering.
The Confucius Confucianism passed down from family, but unfortunately some idealized places have put them in the shackles of feudal ignorance and cannot escape from ignorance. The dogma of ignorance in Confucianism is one of the biggest cancers that poison the people. This has become even worse as Dong Zhongshu and Zhu Xi tampered with Confucianism again;
The poison of Confucianism in the world that Zhang Bin knows is even more deeply rooted, so he didn't want this late Han plane to become a foolish and loyalty to an emperor and a backward court era. But Kong Rong thought for a while and shook his head and said:
"A gentleman learns the six arts and wants to discuss the world. The Legalists and the geniuses at that time have more say. Unfortunately, the Qin Emperor burned books and buried scholars to his dynasty and destroyed hundreds of schools. Everyone no longer knows why."
Zhang Bin said in a deep voice:
"The root of chaos in the world lies in the fact that the people have no food, no place to live, and are constantly exploited and oppressed. The landlords, powerful scholars and countless corrupt officials are the culprits who have put the people in dire straits;
Often, these people learn etiquette but are rude, understand the law but ignore the law, know the world but do not care about the world, and are wholeheartedly greedy and domineering. The powerful families annex the land for their own greed, and officials and businessmen exploit the people for their profits. The root of all this lies in the court;
The reason I say this is that if the court always cares about aristocratic families, officials, businessmen and tyrants, the suffering of the people will always exist, and the people will not stop rebelling;
Chapter completed!